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Looking ahead

Earnings season kicks off with some heavy hitters: Alcoa, Bank of America, General Electric and Intel report results this week.

Market rewind: The Dow had its biggest weekly advance in nearly a year. Broader indexes posted bigger gains. Investors fed off a sense of optimism about company earnings to be announced starting this week.

Health care

The Public Policy Forum hosts a luncheon Monday on the impact of national health care reform. Public health officials and business leaders will speak on a panel at the event, which starts at 11:45 a.m. at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St. For more, go to www.publicpolicyforum.org/events.

Development

The Brookfield Plan Commission is scheduled to meet Monday on plans for a new Target store, at 12821 W. Blue Mound Road.

Employment

The state government releases Wisconsin's unemployment report for June on Thursday.The report carries added significance after national jobless data released this month showed anemic private-sector hiring. Economists have begun to doubt the durability of the economic recovery.